Obvious subject and there might be a thread about this already, but at least I didn't spot it yet.
What would be the most essential compilation records for people here? Meaning comps that work as complete packages. Not just records with a few good tracks on them, but something more. Records that stand out almost as art pieces of their own.
Care to make lists of the five best ones? Short explanations would be nice.
Still got to think about my own choices a little...
I'll list five comps that has meant something to me. No particular order and I don't claim them to be the greatest in the world.
40 days 40 nights http://www.discogs.com/Various-40-Days-40-Nights/release/716932
A friend taped it for me back when it was released. She got it from Pop'n'roll family and the junkies stories made it seem more dangerous then it actually is.
Bethel http://www.discogs.com/Various-Bethel/release/1698996
Mandatory in my book. I probably got it for the Foetus tracks but winding up just listening over and over again.
Golgata! http://www.discogs.com/Various-Golgata/release/668223
Swedish post-punk/industrial -zine Res Publika released a couple of compilation tapes and Golgata! was a great mix of industrial, post-punk and others.
19 keys 19 bands http://www.discogs.com/Various-19-Keys-19-Bands/release/256449
This for me is what Club Moral was all about. I think I need too read some Force Mental and listen to 19 keys 19 bands and see if I still get a headache of the Falx Cerebri track...
Neue Deutsche Post Avantgarde http://www.discogs.com/Various-Neue-Deutsche-Post-Avantgarde/release/267912
This was a strange one. I didn't know what to make of it when I got it but I kept coming back for more and more.
Testament http://www.discogs.com/Various-Testament/release/218178
The Rune Lindblad tracks just blow me away and rest is all topnotch.
Projekt Neue Ordnung http://www.discogs.com/Various-Projekt-Neue-Ordnung/release/184380
So great, just so great.
Fuck Money, Fuck Life http://www.discogs.com/Various-Fuck-Money-Fuck-Life/release/673937
Such a great tape... probably the best Swedish comp ever.
And then there of course Ohrensausen, White Power, Freedom in a vacuum, Dry Lungs, Zyklon B and the list goes on...
Death Odors (Slaughter Productions)
In The Butchers Back Yard (Cold Meat Industry)
The Absolute Supper (Cold Meat Industry)
Seedmouth (Cold Spring)
Salvation Bloodletting (Live Bait Recording Foundation)
Yeah, I released the last one, but fuck it, it really is one of the best...
Off the top of my head:
Field Tales (Hospital Productions)
Sweetness Will Overcome (Segerhuva)
Sonno Ferrum
Nyrkki & Kyrpa 1 and 2 (Filth and Violence)
Apologies as I'm on my way out the door....
but terse explanation is: All these are good.
not including ambient and power-electronic comps...
Blorp Esette (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Blorp-Esette/release/895586) 1977-1980 - great insight into the LAFMS group.
Born Out of Dreams (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Born-Out-Of-Dreams/release/284051) 1985 - classic 80's comp covering period styles and of good flow and consistent quality.
Howard 31 (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Howard-31/release/313951) 1994 - one of those comps that was both strangely cohesive, yet also exposed a new listener to many genres - get lost in the variation of perspectives.
Integration (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Integration/release/505289) 1983 - another classic, like Born Out of Dreams, but much better known.
Masse Mensch (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Masse-Mensch/release/362213) 1982 - my exposure to all these groups - life changing.
Noise and Junk Omnibus (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Noise-And-Junk-Omnibus/release/646212) 1991 - Japan and what it had to offer beyond noise.
Ohrenschrauben/Ohrensausen (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ohrenschrauben-Ohrensausen/release/216759) 1985-1986 - questioned listing this one, but the line-up is difficult to dispute.
Sex & Bestiality (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Sex-Bestiality/release/264599) 1984 - a full semester education of the period - when you could buy a single item that would completely absorb you for months.
The Cave 1654 II (http://www.discogs.com/Various-1654-The-Cave-II/release/59707) 1998 - this one feels like it came out much earlier than it did - straddling both roots and forward thinking.
I have gotten a lot of enjoyment from the following:
Piller Thriller
Sexorama
Tiger Tongue Pussy Cactus - Terminal Fantasies For Malefic Youth
Nothing Ever Changes (looking forward to the The Alliance as we'll)
Aryan Asshole Compilation Vol. 1
White Nights (wish I owned a physical copy)
BTHO
...probably forgetting a bunch
Out in 2 weeks: "No-Kill" compilation released on blackseed records where 100% of the money made goes directly to a local no-kill animal shelter. See: http://www.blackseedrecords.com/news.html (http://www.blackseedrecords.com/news.html).
Killer comp with some great tracks. Yeah, I might be on it, but buy it to support the animals (the reason I am on it!).
Generally speaking I don't like compilations, especially with random tracks or random projects. But there are several which are very important for me, and my re-searching in experimental music:
Tulpas (http://www.discogs.com/RLW-Tulpas/release/267572) - This is my favourite. With concept, varied music themes and unique tracks dedicated to the main idea of this release.
Polish Road (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Polish-Road-Vol-1-2/release/1460621) - Very good overview on Polish industrial scene from eighties.
Yugoslavia I (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ex-Yu-Electronica-Vol-I-Hometaping-In-Self-Management/release/2656372)
Yugoslavia II (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ex-Yu-Electronica-Vol-II-Industrijski-Elektro-Obvodi-Na-Severu/release/3240171)
Yugoslavia III (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ex-Yu-Electronica-Vol-III-Diktatura-Humor-Agresija/release/4068008) - Probably, one of the greatest tryptych, True zeitgeist and intense dokument of forgotten time, forgotten places and forgotten people.
LAFMS (http://www.discogs.com/Various-LAFMS-The-Lowest-Form-Of-Music/release/710070) - Full, wonderful panorama of one the most important music avantgarde circle ever.
Futura, Poesia Sonora (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Futura-Poesia-Sonora/release/859345) - The next mark of time. To re-search for anybody who wants to know and understand spoken word in futurism and sound poetry at full size.
Japan Noise (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Noise-Forest/release/430402) - Very good album to know unique japanese noise style.
Bruitiste (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Bruitiste/release/1101775) - My loved, modern view on bruitism.
Noise War - Classic Mother Savage Comp, is it reissued yet?
Swallowing Scrap Metal - only know this via mp3 blogs, but I love just about every track, besides furry couch sounds like blank dogs and borbetomagus, it features primitive power electronics, including my favorite tracks by Pacific 231, White Hand, and Blackhouse.
Come Again II my favorite Japanoise comp, thankfully still easy to get as well, leaves you with no excuses not to get it.
G.A.S.K.R.I.E.G. tape
Wenn alle Brüder schweigen 10"
Natural Order 2LP
How terrorists kill CD
Just many good tracks I will never forget on each one of those
Yes, absolutely. Unfortunately, I don't have the first of these, but I can certainly vouch for the other three. Also in the same vein, and mentioned here recently enough, was the 'War Against Society' 3LP. Another one that I remember being pretty good was 'We hate you: A Small Tribute to Throbbing Gristle' CD and 7" package on Jazzassin.
Rare enough to get outstanding compilations: even the better ones have only one or two outstanding tracks, a couple of fairly good ones, some mediocre, but some dregs as well.
Gonna have to second my support for Fuck Money, Fuck Life (really is the best Swede comp), Bruitiste (perhaps my favorite comp of all time - any genre), and Natural Order (seamless variety).
Would add Höga Nord, Parasit and Prayer Of Mankind.
How quick we forget Hated Perversions
Nihilist Assaultcore + Terror Campaign - Both reissued as CDs from Industrial Recollections
Americanoise 2CD
Noise War (Soon to be reissued as 4CD set)
Broken Flag: A Retrospective 1982 - 1985
Dedication -Zweite Auslese- CD
Paper & Plastic 2CD
Transmissions Of Hatred CD
Tesco Disco: Heavy Electronics II 4CD
I like compilations a lot. I like themed and well planned compilations as well as many of the old style compilations where simply good stuff was thrown together without any specific "logic" beyond stuff being good.
I can't really remain objective, but most compilations have very specific time when I got them and had big impact. Not in particular order and rather than absolute list, just few things to mention at first...
Americanoise 2xCD
I do have the tape, but I think double CD reissue actually blew my mind despite being such recent release. While "being there" sounds kind of honking ones own horn, I must say that sometimes when things happen too close, one doesn't see the significance until later. Lets say getting lots of "average USA noise" in mid 90's, 15 years later reminds how amazing the "average" was!
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Americanoise/release/3534801
Dedication 2 CD
1993 release with quite massive printrun, you can STILL get it for mere 4 euro! This is exactly the kind of compilation where very little is common with artists. Lets say: Hijokaidan, Chop Shop, Putrefier, Cement Women, Small Cruel Party, etc etc. but more than each band creating great pieces, I have a feel the flow of compilation is simply so great for my own taste. It may start with mechanics of Freudwerk, continue with relatively obscure D.D.Dobson, with few artists between, progress into full on noise orgies of Macronympha and Hijokaidan merely to slow down again into experimental sound art of Alan Lee, consisting only sounds of latex and porno moaning. Almost drone like works of Putrefier, early water noise of Aube and experimental improvasations of Japanese smaller profile bands like NORD or DISLOCATION.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Dedication-Zweite-Auslese-/master/1399
Dedication 1 LP may have more infamous bands and it's damn good comp too, but I got it many years after the CD above, so it has less importance for me. How can you go wrong with line-up with Entre Vifs, Masonna, Hijokaidan, New Blockaders, Hanatarash, Solmania, etc?!
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Dedication/release/426184
Come Again II CD
I've praised this too many times, I guess. Lets say, take best of Japanese noise masters. Search the best 1-2 minutes moment from some of the best releases, and assemble compilation of that. I don't think majority of works are done for this compilation, but it is basically craftsmanship of compilation making by the guy who put it all together. Meaning, mr. Teshima of Vanilla Records. Many cuts are from tapes on Vanilla records. If you listen this (and those tapes) as much as I did, you'll spot the exact moments when they happen on tape.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Come-Again-II/release/646088
Noise Forest CD
1992, at the great days of Japanese noise being popular at west... Another solid line-up of heroes.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Noise-Forest/release/430402
Neuengamme LP
Good mix of power electronics pioneers, rough rhythmic industrial and perhaps less university based electro-acoustic?
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Neuengamme/release/3501192
War Against Society 3xLP
Great presentation. Great quality. Not big fan of Victim Kennel or Law here, but they're not bad either. But rest of compilation is pure gold. While Militia could top their game on "New European Order" and "Machinenzimmer" mCD, this is probably 3rd best Militia. Possibly best Grey Wolves, Con-Dom and Streicher works. So if we consider that out of 6 bands, 4 are presenting perhaps their top performances ever (and being among genre defining names), the compilation must be 100% must-have for any euro PE fanatic.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-War-Against-Society/release/301520
More? Certainly, but lets take some breath...
How Terrorists Kill
Transmissions Of Hatred
The Decay Of The Angel
Don't Hunt What You Can't Kill
War Against Society
United States Bestial Forces
At The End Of The Rope
Hated Perversions
RRR-100
Heavy Electronics: Two Days Of Agony
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on December 26, 2013, 07:19:59 PM
I like compilations a lot. I like themed and well planned compilations as well as many of the old style compilations where simply good stuff was thrown together without any specific "logic" beyond stuff being good.
I can't really remain objective, but most compilations have very specific time when I got them and had big impact.
I have a real disconnect, or possibly cognitive dissonance, when it comes to comps. I can point to several in various genres that had a significant impact on my listening course, but it's always been a struggle to desire more of them. I show them little interest when they're released. It's always been that way. On the flipside, when a trusted ear recommends one, I don't hesitate to seek them out. I'm not self-driven to obtain them.
Audial Decimation Compilation Vol. 1 cd
Epicurean Escapism II cd+dvd
Fuck Off ... We Murder tape
Hated Perversions cd
Hour Of The Wolf cd
Nihilist Assaultcore cd
Pornography Hurts cd
Power Electronics 2000 cd
Terror Campaign cd
War Against Society 3xlp
One great example of compilations what are great, against all the odds.
MOTOP 1 -LP
If it works out in a way, that artists pay certain fee, based on how long track they submit. And with this money, LP is financed. How good bands you think will pay to be on compilation? And how solid the curating work will be, if you take bands that pay to get it?
Well, here we have two things, what makes it different. It's not desperate rejects of current times who desperately want to be on record, but nobody have had faith on them.
It is published 1989 and line up includes: CON-DOM, MERZBOW, DMDN, VIDNA OBMANA, DE FABRIEK, KAPOTTE MUZIEK, ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL (Ivens known from DIVE, KLINIK,..) and plenty of obscurities most people probably don't know of, but who deliver often KILLER tracks!! MILITIA CHRESTI, Totungsdelikt, Phaeton Dernière Danse, Post Mortem, New Carrollton, and many more...
I recommended this to some my friends, since still these days you can get it for mere 15-30 euro at discogs. If you are into 80's stuff, where power electronics meets "post mortem" tape-scene industrial, it is absolutely essential. Based on amount how many people want to get rid of it, I guess it's not for "everybody", but I'm pretty sure those who see line-up and feel this is what I like, will like it. I think volume 2 done as CD in 1991 was hardly on same level - even if includes excellent line-up (Genocide Organ, Anenzephalia, R&Gurgelstock, De Fabriek, S-Core, Maeror Tri, etc etc). Or maybe I just have to remind myself...
Anyways, both these were compiled by different people, and I'm pretty convinced Frans De Waard was on top of the game in late 80's.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Motop-1/release/403566
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Motop-2/release/254555
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on January 01, 2014, 10:25:46 AM
If it works out in a way, that artists pay certain fee, based on how long track they submit. And with this money, LP is financed. How good bands you think will pay to be on compilation? And how solid the curating work will be, if you take bands that pay to get it?
Well, here we have two things, what makes it different. It's not desperate rejects of current times who desperately want to be on record, but nobody have had faith on them.
Isn't this how the Anomalous Silencer series worked? Pay by the minute?
Yep, and I believe with much much less interesting results. Not to mention that knowing the price he charged vs. price of CDs are made, with that money you could have done probably 3 CD's even back then. Those days I asked Radek if he felt it was fair to pretend as if it was co-financed d.i.y. project when he collected way more funds than project needs to be done...
But that said, I think this would be nowadays very good method of getting done. Get artists (or label to represent one part) from Europe, USA, Japan... Australia? Each pays for 25-50 copies of LP or CD. Releases available widely without needs for overseas shipping.
Or nowadays when shipping is so expensive, tapes that have USA and European edition. Or compilation tapes where each artists can dub their copies from master and make it spread much wider.
When I know, that I wouldn't trust basically anyone to keep quality of dubbing AND shipping what I want it to be, I suspect this type of deals are quite hard, hah.. But theoretically.
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on January 01, 2014, 07:13:31 PM
But that said, I think this would be nowadays very good method of getting done. Get artists (or label to represent one part) from Europe, USA, Japan... Australia? Each pays for 25-50 copies of LP or CD. Releases available widely without needs for overseas shipping.
Or nowadays when shipping is so expensive, tapes that have USA and European edition. Or compilation tapes where each artists can dub their copies from master and make it spread much wider.
When I know, that I wouldn't trust basically anyone to keep quality of dubbing AND shipping what I want it to be, I suspect this type of deals are quite hard, hah.. But theoretically.
Actualy we thought with some Labels already about this, but it will work only if you have a Release , where it doesn't matter if it is not exactly the same in Quality/Artwork. Imagine LP pressings in Canada and then in Cz, will sure be Different.
With smaller runs of LPs or CDs, its quiet too expensive. But for Tapes its No Problems to send Files and everyone dubb Himself or make a Bigger Pressing of CDs (like everyone make 500~1000).
"Ohrenschmalz" LP is a pretty solid comp. that rarely gets mentioned. I remember every track being good.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ohrenschmalz/release/188984
gotta love Dry Lungs !
+1 to Höga Nord & Testament (the cd, the lp is ok but more uneven)
Some faves of mine would be
UNDERGROUND CANADA - c64 (MSNP)
This one is just nuts. Few acts with longer contributions. Knurl, TADM, The Rita, Scissor, Tension Hook and Eleven (which is... Roemer?). Everyone delivers. Top picks for me are Knurl and The Rita. Just insane.
PILLER THRILLER - c90 (Styggelse)
Great swedish comp. Not everything here is memorable, but there are still so many strong contributions here. Favorites are Maniac Cop, Vårtgård, Treriksröset, Ochu and Slow Obesity.
STEIN - DLP + 7" (Verlautbarung)
A recent release I'm sure many are aware of. Not only is the music great, but the whole concept and presentation is just stunning. A future classic in my book, and if there was any justice this would have been sold out everywhere by now.
One of my favorites has always been Chocolate Monk's VIOLENT AMBIENT.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Violent-Ambient/release/696709
Really heavy throughout.
The Sound of Sadism has always been a great go-to listen as well as far as compilations go. I especially love the Iugula-Thor track.
Quote from: THE RITA HN on November 24, 2014, 03:42:32 AM
The Sound of Sadism has always been a great go-to listen as well as far as compilations go. I especially love the Iugula-Thor track.
not a great artwork unfortunately
Digging out this thread since I just acquired and listened to the "Howard 31" comp on Artware. Despite the dull name and artwork, it's a perfect example of Mikko's description of comps that have little in common from track to track, but work so well as a unified statement. Or maybe it works because it's just an overall look at what was happening in 1994. Either way, it's full of exciting tracks (Small Cruel Party percussive rumbling; Nicolas Collins' alien 'backward guitar' and strange monologue; Klangkrieg's overly jumping mid '90s digital smear; Roger Doyle's HYSTERICALLY overly jump digital jumbles; with a decent C.C.C.C. blast track to clear the palette before ending on a docile environmental piece by Syllyk. Like I say, terrible artwork, baffling name, but really strange and great, and can still be had for under 5 euros pretty easily.
I fell out from comps for a long time because I never felt like listening to something while having to have the liner notes at hand all the time to figure out who was who. But I've gotten over that and really enjoying these strange time capsules of style or time or place.
One compilation strategy that I like more than anything is the LP-length comp with only two acts per side. I'm straining to think of too many records in this style, but two in particular are some of my favorite compilations: Höga Nord, on Segerhuva, and Er Ist Tief und Dein Wasser Ist Dunkler on Quiet Artworks. Höga Nord has already been mentioned, and deserves all the praise it gets. Each track is long enough to absorb you, distinct enough to be a contrast from the other three, and representative of a certain style that was happening at the time, like Bocksholm's metal hammering and queasy atmosphere or Vårtgård's corroded rusty blasts or Dusa's tape-damaged violin and episodic editing sequence.
Even more so, I just love Er Ist Tief, because not only does it consist of four great and distinct tracks, but even the two sides are a contrast! Side one has some VERY rusty creaking and aching from PFN (not a band that gets a lot of discussion any more) and Yeast Culture's water droplets, deployed by creating some sort of strange metal device with lots of precisely-spaced holes in it (I think). Side one is all rust and decay, while side two glows with warm electronic light, as both the Arcane Device (great track) C-Schultz pieces are purely electronic. Earth and air, cold and warm, rust and solder.
I'm hard pressed to think of too many more comps with this "four cornerstones" approach, though the Shiroseasons CD comp does come to mind. Four artists (Aube, Small Cruel Party, Daniel Menche, Kiyoshi Mizutani) each representing for a different season. I don't remember it well, so it might be time to re-evaluate. The tracks are a bit longer, too, so it would probably be more like a 2LP if released that way.
Today I was listening to some of my CMI compilations such as NIHIL, Even Wolves Hid Their Teeth..., and The Absolute Supper. These compilations are great. Wide variety of sounds and different artists makes them not the slightest bit boring or tiresome. Each contribution is also excellent does not just sound like scrap songs and leftover B sides. What are some other outstanding PE/Industrial/Dark Ambient compilations that exist? Recommend some.
I prefer thematic compilations like those on IOPS, the stone themed compilation "Stein" on Verlautbarung where most artists used geological materials as sound sources and "Hour Of The Wolf" compilation on Freak Animal where the contributing artists had their recording sessions during a period between night and dawn. Also preferably compilations with art and text contributed by each involved artist. But of course there are classic compilations on cult labels such as Nekrophile Rekords, Broken Flag, Iphar, Come Organisation etc (just to name a few) that are very important. Then there are compilations from labels such as Järtecknet and Galakthorrö whose roster consists of specific sounding projects which makes their compilations sound very uniform. All in all, noise/PE compilations are usually very nice.
a few favorites that immediately come to mind...
WHITE EYE OF WINTER WATCHING - 2x-c110, Hospital Productions
THE JAPANESE / AMERICAN NOISE TREATY - 2xCD, Release Entertainment
MUSIC SHOULD HURT - CD, Self Abuse Records
AT THE END OF THE ROPE - 2x-CD, Chondritic Sound
PARASIT - LP, Ant-Zen
CATACLASTIC FRACTURE - CD, Deadline Recordings
TEN-JIN - LP, Urashima
The ones on Stateart - "How Terrorists Kill" CD and "Natural Order" 2LP.
The Praxis Dr. Bearman "War Against Society"
There was a 10" w/ Operation Cleansweep, Genocide Organ, Der Blutharsch, Con-Dom, Inade... but I can't remember the name or the label off the top of my head.
"Exploration One", can't remember the label.
Also, there was a tribute to TG called "We Hate You".
"Adventures In Modern Electronics", Pinch a Loaf - anyone?
Also, I agree, "Parasit" was a damn fine comp., too.
However, in contrast to what Blackhole said, I don't think the "Nihil" comp. is that great. Certainly not on a par w/ the above. Ages since I listened to it, though, I must admit.
Hated Perversions CD - IOPS/FA
Nyrkki & Kyrpä cassette - F&V
http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=4233.0 (http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=4233.0)
HARD PANNING (the ultimate contemporary cut-up harsh noise international compilation) (Triangle Records)
Japanoise Of Death I & II (Steinklang Records)
Extreme Music From Japan (Susan Lawly)
Noise Conglomerate IV (not sure)
Quote from: BlackHole on February 02, 2017, 09:03:08 AM
CMI compilations such as NIHIL
Quote from: burdizzo on February 02, 2017, 06:44:22 PM
However, in contrast to what Blackhole said, I don't think the "Nihil" comp. is that great. Certainly not on a par w/ the above. Ages since I listened to it, though, I must admit.
Love the Nihil comp. "Kill the Blind" is one of the best IRM tracks.
- The Absolute Supper great compilation from CM! of the golden age. very interesting booklet
- Death Odors 1-2-3 series of compilations from slaughter productions. sounding quite varied
- Audacia Imperat OEC compilation brown and grey area oriented
- Hated perversion strong enough from freak animal
- Supreme garbage vol 1-2 tape comp. including only italian projects
- Nihilist Assaultcore great zero cabal compilation
- Red Scum F6V thematic comp. with Pogrom, XE etc
(https://img.discogs.com/yydt8BQMwIEB78NIq9Jzl67L1iU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-71371-1482089768-5790.jpeg.jpg)
I miss vinyl compilations. Some nice, reliable label should start compiling one right now & invite Mania to contribute...
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on February 02, 2017, 09:26:19 PM
I miss vinyl compilations. Some nice, reliable label should start compiling one right now & invite Mania to contribute...
THIS. Red Scum will be released on vinyl by Viva Angel Press, quite limited edition.
Death Odors has been essential to me.
As well as The Abosulte Supper and Estheticks Of Cruelty - An Explicit Odyssey Into Swedish Agricultural Sounds. Transmissions Of Hatred is not to be forgotten either.
Quote from: Scat-O-Logy on February 02, 2017, 09:43:25 PM
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on February 02, 2017, 09:26:19 PM
I miss vinyl compilations. Some nice, reliable label should start compiling one right now & invite Mania to contribute...
THIS. Red Scum will be released on vinyl by Viva Angel Press, quite limited edition.
good news
Best Industrial/Noise Compilations
http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=4233.0
I already wanted to make a topic for this tape, but I may as well post it here.
Has anyone here had the chance to hear this or maybe even owns it? Early 80s, curated by R. Rupenus(possibly distributed by Broken Flag?), all sorts of big names on it.
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Slaughter-Of-The-Innocent/release/426191
Practically no information on it anywhere, which is really strange to me considering the time and place of release and the artists involved... it seems like something that would be of a lot of interest to a lot of people...
As for personal favorites... The Sound Of Hate! Especially the first 3-4 tapes. Outstanding graphics, outstanding sounds. A high quality reissue of the series, reverent towards the original presentation of the material, is long overdue...
Quote from: ImpulsyStetoskopu on December 22, 2013, 10:50:52 AM
Yugoslavia I (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ex-Yu-Electronica-Vol-I-Hometaping-In-Self-Management/release/2656372)
Yugoslavia II (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ex-Yu-Electronica-Vol-II-Industrijski-Elektro-Obvodi-Na-Severu/release/3240171)
Yugoslavia III (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ex-Yu-Electronica-Vol-III-Diktatura-Humor-Agresija/release/4068008) - Probably, one of the greatest tryptych, True zeitgeist and intense dokument of forgotten time, forgotten places and forgotten people.
Very good.
Quote from: SILVUM on December 24, 2013, 01:27:29 AM
No Reagan = No Real Hardcore CS http://www.discogs.com/Various-No-Reagan-No-Real-Hardcore/release/996823
No Reagan Equals No Real Hardcore #2 http://www.discogs.com/Various-No-Reagan-Equals-No-Real-Hardcore-2/release/890404
I've been wanting to hear these for a long time. Dilloway should reissue them on CD. Fuck, I'd even take a Bandcamp upload.
Quote from: Baglady on November 23, 2014, 05:50:29 PM
UNDERGROUND CANADA - c64 (MSNP)
This one is just nuts. Few acts with longer contributions. Knurl, TADM, The Rita, Scissor, Tension Hook and Eleven (which is... Roemer?). Everyone delivers. Top picks for me are Knurl and The Rita. Just insane.
Underground USA is one of my favorite noise compilations(the tracks from Strict and Bob Marinelli in particular) but Canada was quite inferior from what I remember. Monotonous in all the wrong ways... I should probably listen to it again.
HARD PANNING (the ultimate contemporary cut-up harsh noise international compilation) (Triangle Records)
Japanoise Of Death I & II (Steinklang Records)
Extreme Music From Japan (Susan Lawly)
Noise Conglomerate IV (not sure)
Quote from: CMSFoundation on August 28, 2015, 10:23:40 PM
Höga Nord has already been mentioned, and deserves all the praise it gets. Each track is long enough to absorb you, distinct enough to be a contrast from the other three, and representative of a certain style that was happening at the time, like Bocksholm's metal hammering and queasy atmosphere or Vårtgård's corroded rusty blasts or Dusa's tape-damaged violin and episodic editing sequence.
ah forgot
Höga Nord, damn fine compilation
Quote from: Zeno Marx on February 02, 2017, 10:22:18 PM
Best Industrial/Noise Compilations
http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=4233.0
I merged the messages from both topics.
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on February 02, 2017, 09:26:19 PM
I miss vinyl compilations. Some nice, reliable label should start compiling one right now & invite Mania to contribute...
I think obstacle might be that costs of making vinyl vs. demand for the vinyl compilations. No matter how great the release, I think vast majority of people look down compilation as sort of obsolete idea. Perhaps, the traditional concept of just throwing in bunch of random submissions into one CD is useless now.
However, like expressed by few people here, some concept - be it theme, geographic or style, it could still be very interesting release. It's all about how well release is curated. Who to ask, and learning to reject crap even if it creates butthurt.
I've been toying around with few compilation ideas, and we'll see if something actually comes out during this year.
Quote from: Scat-O-Logy on February 02, 2017, 09:43:25 PM
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on February 02, 2017, 09:26:19 PM
I miss vinyl compilations. Some nice, reliable label should start compiling one right now & invite Mania to contribute...
THIS. Red Scum will be released on vinyl by Viva Angel Press, quite limited edition.
Great news.
I like the compilation tapes that Unrest does too, they're generally just filled with quality stuff even if there's here and there something I like less.
Hated Perversions is great indeed, due to both the tracks and the layout. Gender with no purpose, other than... and Animal Bizarre are nice too, due to the tracks and the samples in between.
When it comes to CMI, I only have Flowers Made of Snow, it's been years since I listened to it, but I really liked it as well.
Let's not forget All My Sins Remembered, I'm not fully through it, but so far I've been impressed by the general quality of the music, the layout and the writings.
Transmissions of Hatred is something I really should get, judging by the line up.
Projekt Neue Ordnung that Tesco is going to release seems like it should be great too, not certain whether I'll get it though, will depend on my finances...
In general I've got the feeling that Noise/Industrial/PE compilations are more interesting than Black/Death/... Metal compilations. One reason might be that Metal compilations most often seem to have some sort of promotional aim. This does of course also count for the Unrest compilations for example, but there also seems more quality control...
united forces comps on unrest are indeed joyful.
also audio dissection's Americanise reissue
an afflicted mans musical box
morality and it's reply, riposte on broken flag
that reducto ad absurdum comp that featured photocopy of Manson on the sleeve with gothic letraset-badly reproduced and derivative though it is/was.
rising from the red sand.
f&v series comps-nyrkki &
None of the compilations from Unrest are about promotion. As if we're trying to pimp the artists or something. Fuck that!
While we're on the subject. Contrary to popular delusion the three UFoI compilations aren't even Unrest releases, they are festival releases. Hard as it may be to fathom for some but I challenge anyone to find where it says Unrest Productions on those tapes because it doesn't. The people who added them on discogs didn't bother to find out and jumped to conclusion.
Either way they are done. No more festival compilations. I'm sick of doing them.
Also never been able to understand why people associate those comps with unrest.
Wow, I'm sorry if I offended you by my wrong assumption. I however didn't mean that you were pimping the artists, I do however feel that with being attached to the fest and being spread even among people who weren't at the fest (as is the case with me and I really like those comps as I said earlier), they're in a different category than conceptual compilations such as the ones that f.e. Institute of Paraphilia Studies releases.
And I didn't notice whether it says Unrest or not on the cover, stuff like that doesn't really interest me that much either to be honest.
Anyway, let's keep it to that I think those comps are very good. I know hate is great and all, but you don't always have to focus on that alone, hehe.
A mild irritation on my behalf being lumbered in some less serious category with the UFoI compilations. There are themes attached to all three of them as well although not to the nerdy and obvious degree as for example various IOPS releases. The themes are traceable via the artwork and the samples in the Black Insignia tracks.
It's not of huge important to me either that they are not actually Unrest releases. In some ways I enjoy the confusion and the blind assumption but it doesn't alter the fact that they never were released on Unrest.
I should be able to disagree as well as offer factual corrections without being accused of having a go.
I stand corrected.
Didn't accuse you of anything, but your reaction seemed quite pissed off to me, which surprised me, hence my reaction. (And I figure that's how your average war gets started with more mighty people, hahaha.)
But let's keep it at that, before this turns into some kind of therapeutic session.
not mentioned in this thread yet, but i just pulled out...
DON'T HUNT WHAT YOU CAN'T KILL - 3xCD - L.White Records
hard to believe this is 15 years old now. massive collection means some filler tracks but also a lot of good ones... and especially great ones from Anenzephalia, Dodsdomd, Sickness, Today I'm Dead, Propergol, Taint, Grunt, Rasthof Dachau, Skin Crime, Streicher, Atrax Morgue... Grey Wolves with a classic, especially 1 year after 9/11.
500 copies and easily accessible, a great introduction to the genre's for new folks and cheap enough to own the fanatics probably already have it
while i'm at it...
CATACLASTIC FRACTURE, CD + CATACLASTIC FRACTURE, Vol.2 CD - both on Deadline Recordings, both with insane long tracklists and short bursts from all involved. personally i find these really enjoyable listens, even with the not-so-great tracks, hearing the seemingly infinite takes on noise and uh 'difficult music' entertains the shit out of me for the duration of the discs.
This one is like a holy grail to me.
https://www.discogs.com/Various-La-Chair-Entre-Les-Lignes/master/367140
There is also stuff from the Necronomicon label, which I have only heard in portions at a radio station, but always good at any point in the tape: https://www.discogs.com/label/65676-Necronomicon
Also, not so much noise, but VHUTEMAS ARCHETYPI is crucial for me; LAIBACH, SPK, Gerechtigkeits Liga, Hunting Lodge at their best, etc.
Not really a compilation album.
But this video had a huge impact on me. Great bands, good editing, good titles selection.
Still watch it from time to time with pleasure: Deadly Actions Live Retrospective 1994-1996.
oh yeah that video was so good bring back good memories to me
Here is the Dagda Mor set that wasn't on the vhs for whatever reason...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Q6kD80jOo
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Magnetband-Experimenteller-Elektronik-Underground-DDR-1984-1989/release/9834300
V/A - Magnetband - Experimenteller Elektronik Underground DDR 1984-1989
This is an impressive comp. Music from the 80s, and they manage to not screw it up. It feels like an old comp. I don't think there is a weak track in the bunch.
Various – Don't Hunt What You Can't Kill / L.White Records
since August 16th 2017 This publication has been closed for sale on Discogs. It is not allowed to sell this item on discogs.
bad bad bad!
but if you want one of the last copies of this compilation:
info@white-records.de
'Coalescence' is a great noise comp. that I think is only available on bandcamp
https://alien8recordings.bandcamp.com/album/coalescence
Tell a lie it's a cd as posted on Discogs.
Susan Lawly's "Extreme Music" series:
- Extreme Music from Russia
- Extreme Music from Japan
- Extreme Music from Women
- Extreme Music from Africa (my favorite one).
Just great!
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Sky-Flowers-Horse-Eggs/release/316885
Sky Flowers & Horse Eggs CD. Everyone brings the goods. A fine, fine way to spend 75 minutes.
Quote from: SILVUM on October 18, 2017, 09:52:44 PM
One time I saw it for sale, had no money, very sad time for noise psycho
Gonna frame this comment and put it on the wall.
It was only mentioned once in this thread but the Audial Decimation Comp stood out from more recent releases. A well crafted comp and that Brethren track is a standout
Autoplasie II hasn't been mentioned yet, i think. Good one to know about french industrial from early 90's.
https://www.discogs.com/fr/Various-Autoplasie-II/release/252388
And a very good recent compilation i like quite a bit: Certified Dead
https://www.discogs.com/fr/Various-Certified-Dead/release/11378562
Here's one I compiled over a few years that was released last year.
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Punishment-Excruciation/release/10575275
Opening track from Cloama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L24pE6pxMJw
I have a new one in the works. Line up completed and released in December. On cassette, this time.
Surprised no one mentioned the Widerstand compilation - one of the last of the State Art releases from 2003, but compiled from 1998 to 2003. Two CDs of industrial, but varied enough with Survival Unit, Con-Dom, and Control Resistance rubbing shoulders with the likes of Dream Into Dust and Blood Conspiracy, a one-off featuring Michael Moynihan, Rob. X Patriot, and the fella from Warcom. An interesting track, that one - crude drum machine, ambient-type effects, and semi-processed vocals - but interesting more for the people involved than for the actual result which, while not too bad, isn't exactly the best thing here. However, really good stuff from short-lived projects like Maison Close and Citadel, as well as from Predominance, Orphx, and even 4th Sign Of The Apocalypse! Second disc is probably the better, but very few weaknesses on the first, either.
State Art had a few really good compilations, and this one was another from a time when the 'scene' was probably at its peak.
Not surprised it hasn't been mentioned as it's kind of an odd duck (which I'll get into below), but a major favorite of mine for the past few years has been To Live and Shave in L.A.'s The Grief that Shrieked to Multiply, on monotype. When I think of a complete art package, this is a good example for me. I've been a fan of Tom Smith's work in TLASILA for years under its various guises and shapes and forms, and this has felt a particular highlight. Years in the making, here's some tidbits that make it interesting to me, and also an unlikely candidate for this thread:
It's not really a noise record, though there are certainly a lot of noisy segments. Like a lot of TLASILA's music, it veers between harsher assaults and slices of just about anything you can think of. It's varied and thus consistently interesting.
But, it also has thematic consistency, as at its origin it's a remix record. After completing TLASILA's Noon and Eternity (not my favorite due to its more stripped down approach, and also it came after the strange, sprawling but excellent God and Country Rally, which itself had the hard task of following the epic Wigmaker magnum opus), for which many guest players were involved, Tom was left with a fair bit of material on the cutting room floor. He assembled this into a separate piece, which if I remember correctly was supposed to be released as well as an extra disc on this (already-long) set, but never saw the light of day, publicly anyway. I'd love to hear this (though this won't likely ever happen, as it is one of many, many projects Tom has been in the habit of announcing and then not completing or publishing... I have a running list somewhere, I'm sure! Usually best not to get too hyped up for this man's works unless it's about to get literally released officially) as apparently it is the main material everyone involved here had to work with.
Which leads me to the other part of this compilation that is a little different: it's a remix project, and the source material is the aforementioned "leftovers" piece Tom constructed, as well as tracks from The Cortège (which itself came out later) and Épuration, an album that apparently the Blossoming Noise label owns but has never released! Another bit of frustration there.
So what do we have here? Over 60 artists from all sorts of noisy and electronic music backgrounds, some known and some practically unknown, reworking TLASILA material, in a three CDs + bonus download compilation album that runs over 5 hours! It's massive, very diverse, and a lot to take in.
To add another weird wrinkle to this remix compilation, Tom decided that all tracks on each disc should run continuously into each other, like a DJ mix. A strange choice, annoying to some (it gets hard to pick out who did what even with the running order not being a secret, with so many crossfades, and track lengths not being specified), but makes for one hell of a journey for each 79 minute disc taken as a whole. This is part of what took so long, to assemble all these tracks into a coherent flow, not to mention awaiting every contributor's submission...
Last couple weird things: this was initially supposed to be released on Important Records, but they backed away when the project ballooned from two to three discs, shame... Monotype Rec out of Poland stepped in to save the day. For some reason when this happened, the planned cover art (a painting by the well-known here Rudolf Eb.er, of which I remember seeing a thumbnail of, and it looked great from what I could gather) was changed to something else entirely with the label switch, which is a disappointment, but the music and noise within remain just as great. It's a compilation I can listen to over and over and always marvel at the range of sounds and approaches by all the remixers. It never gets boring.
https://innercityuprising.bandcamp.com/album/australian-noise-compilation-2x-cs
https://innercityuprising.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-disturbance
Two newer Australian compilations available for free download!